1998 - A new name: the Aboriginal Support Circle
Untold Stories: Voice of Older Women is published.
Betty Little organises a meeting between the Aboriginal Study Circle and Indigenous women elders in Redfern but the elders stay away because they thought they were going to be ‘studied’. The ASC is therefore renamed as the Aboriginal Support Circle. The first Sorry Day is commemorated at the OWN office with a prominent banner depicting Aboriginal and white women’s feet walking together with the word ‘Sorry’ blazoned across it.
Illawarra OWN launches from an idea by Maura O’Sullivan, a Bulli Community Centre worker. Their slogan is ‘life is so much better when you OWN it’.
History is herstory too.
Older Women’s Network NSW
The Older Women’s Network in NSW believes in a society rich in social capital, where mutual respect and trust are paramount, where diversity and debate are valued and where people and their networks have a legitimate voice.
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Older Women’s Network NSW
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Newtown NSW 2042, Australia.
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We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we work and live, and we pay our respects to Elders past and present.
We acknowledge the sorrow of the Stolen Generations and the impacts of colonisation on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
OWN NSW supports the Uluru Statement from the Heart, the call for a First Nation's Voice enshrined in the Australian Constitution and a Makarrata Commission to oversee agreement-making and truth-telling.